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Students and parents will be responsible for the Chromebooks once they are assigned to a student just as they are responsible for the cost of lost or stolen textbooks. If the device is lost or stolen, please report this to a classroom teacher immediately. At that time, a technology ticket will be completed with the hope of finding the device.

Students cannot install apps and extensions from the Chrome Web Store. If you need a specific app for class, talk to your teacher and ask them to submit an FMX ticket.

You can access your Google Workspace account from any device by visiting mail.google.com and logging in with your school email address and password.

Students should contact their teacher and the teacher will submit a technology ticket.

Parents can monitor their child’s activity by signing up for Qustodio. Qustodio is a parental control tool designed to help families keep children safe online. It allows you to monitor and manage your child’s device activity. 

Activate Your Free Account

Click the link above to activate your free parent account. Qustodio is available only for students in grades 2–12. Please be sure to use the same email address we have on file for you when registering to connect to your child’s school-issued device. 

How to Add an Additional Parent

How to Install the Parental Control App

Please have your child inform their teacher that their Chromebook is broken so a technology ticket can be submitted.

A Chromebook is a personal laptop computer running Chrome OS as its operating system. The devices are designed to be used with resources that reside on the web, rather than traditional applications that reside on the machine itself.

Yes, just like textbooks, students will need to use the Chromebooks at home to fully engage in the curriculum. Grades PK-3 will have a cart model (students will take home at the teacher/parent discretion) | Grades 4-12 will take devices home each evening.

Yes. The Acceptable Use Policy Acknowledgement will need to be signed electronically via Final Forms at the beginning of each school year.

Eleventh & twelfth graders are encouraged to use the CVCC provided device.

The cost of the Chromebook, power adapter, Chrome License, and Internet filter is covered by the Twinsburg City School District. The TCSD Chromebook fee covers the following items:

• Annual, ongoing support and maintenance of the Chromebook initiative
• Cost of the materials for a single repair
• Cost of labor for a single repair
• Available loaners for use during device repair

*Fees can be paid via check, cash, or PaySchools. Please make checks payable to the Twinsburg City School District.

No, the Chromebook fee is annual and covers the aforementioned list.

The District is phasing out BYOD to better support classroom instruction e.g.lockdown browsers for assessments, state testing platforms, CIPA/COPPA compliance, and device troubleshooting, etc. Only students previously enrolled in BYOD are permitted to continue.

Yes. A working/fully charged device for instructional purposes has become a classroom expectation for all students

If the District-owned Chromebook is broken or not working, students will need to notify their first period/homeroom teacher who will submit a technology ticket for repair.

The charging cord can be replaced only through the TCSD. Families will be charged the replacement cost of a new charger. Students may notify their first period/homeroom teacher who will put in a technology ticket, and the technology department will coordinate a replacement charger. *Please note: using a non-district issued charger may result in a damaged chromebook and additional fines

Yes, however, students will only be allowed to add “skins” or personalization that is not permanent. Adhesives such as nail polish, regular stickers, Duct tape, Sharpie, paint, etc. are not permitted and may result in a fine. *Please note: Replacement parts or repairs may impact personalization.

Students will be required to bring their charged Chromebook to school each day. Each building has a limited number of loaner Chromebooks.

Chromebooks can be used in an offline mode to continue working on existing projects. All work completed offline will be synced with cloud storage once the Chromebook reconnects to the internet. 

Yes, current Board policy related to discipline and Acceptable Use of Technology apply. There is a specific Chromebook agreement as well. There are also administrative and financial repercussions for intentional damage to TCSD technology.

Return the Chromebook AND charger CLEAN and in good working order to the building administrative assistant upon checkout for withdrawal. Failure to do so will result in a fine for the cost of a repair or replacement of the device and/or charger.

No, the Chromebooks will be repurposed by the school district.

Yes, the Chromebook will be reset to factory settings when returned.

Students in grades PK–3 will not take Chromebooks home. Students in grades 4–11 will take their devices home; however, access will be disabled. CCP, ESY, and Credit Recovery students will continue to have access to their Chromebooks and/or a cart of enabled loaner devices.

The District’s internet filtering software will apply both on and off campus. However, it is still the parents’ responsibility to monitor usage at home.

No. TCSD Chromebooks must have an internet filter installed to comply with Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) content filtering.

By accessing the District's network, the Chromebooks as well as devices from home would go through the District's content filter, meaning that students would not be able to access unauthorized sites. The internet filter will be used on District-issued Chromebooks for filtering websites at home.

No. There is no remote access via internet filter to the camera and microphone.

Cost for the repairs will be applied to the student account and paid to the Twinsburg City School District. Parent/guardian i.e. primary email contact will receive an email detailing the repair and/or fines. It is the District’s discretion to determine whether a chromebook is deemed repairable or needs replaced and whether the damage is considered accidental or intentional.

No. District-owned equipment must be repaired by the Twinsburg City School District.

No. If the repair is covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, then the family will not be held responsible.

The Chromebooks will not be replacing textbooks at this time. As textbooks are adopted, we will assure the new textbook has online access. At this time, not every text we use within the Twinsburg City School District has online access.

Students who logon to the District-issued Chromebook will use the Twinsburg City School District student network username (i.e. YN100345) and password. Google account creation uses Twinsburg issued student ID (i.e. YN100345), first and last name.

Online tools used by Twinsburg City School District staff members have been vetted via the Curriculum & Technology Department. The approved tools will use only student ID, first and last name. Vendors who provide the District approved online tools do not collect personally identifiable information (PII) per the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy statements. The District cautions that students using their own devices/personal accounts may have access to apps/extensions that have not been vetted and approved for safety and security measures.

*Parents/guardians grant permission to use these online tools via the COPPA form in Final Forms.